Christine Pastor-Barsi

Research Engineer at Techno-Sciences, Inc

*Evaluation, analysis, design and development of extending the range and providing stability and control of a small munition -Conducted aerodynamic analysis of munition including control authority and glide properties -Conducted component selection of hardware to be installed into munition *Assisted in research of a concept to replace swash plates on helicopters, executed construction of a wind tunnel model, testing, and post-test data reduction *Conducted mechanized skins research. -prepared mechanized skin test sample to conduct a tensile test on an Instron machine.

AeroMechanical Test Engineer; Wind Tunnel Calibration Engineer at NASA, Glenn Research Center

Serve as an experienced Aerospace Mechanical Test Engineer supporting the NASA GRC Facilities and Testing Division. Responsibilities include multi-faceted aeronautical testing program support duties ranging from pre-test activities, test phase, and post-test tasks. Pre-test activities include project management, scheduling, budget mitigation, customer interaction, machine shop coordination, model hardware design, stress analysis review, model build-up, test hardware installation, electrical and data systems requirements coordination, calibration, and documentation. Test phase activities include test facility operation, power and central services scheduling and coordination, documentation, facility manpower allocation. Post-test activities include test hardware removal, raw data reporting to the customer, wind tunnel calibration data processing and reporting, test summary reporting including power and manpower usage, and program archival. Served on various NASA in-house, outside industry customers, and multi-center and inter-agency collaborative test programs including the Department of Defense (DOD) and European Space Agency (ESA). Currently assigned as Combined Cycle Engine (CCE) Inlet and Facility Aeronautical Validation and Operations Research (FAVOR) Test Lead over a combined team of Civil Servant and various Support Service Contractors for Pre-test activities.

University of Dayton

University of Dayton